Domestic Terrorism
Sarah Palin's stump speeches are hate-filled attempts to tie Obama to domestic terrorism. If she's going to take that line of attack then I think the "liberal media" has a responsibility to tell us about Palin's own associations.
The largest number of domestic terrorist attacks over the last 20 years were carried about by Christian pro-life groups attacking clinics and doctors. Palin has been a leader in that movement and apparently attended at least one of the clinic protests that harass women and sometimes become violent.
Palin's accusations against Obama involve things that happened when Obama was a child. I'd like to know if Palin has relationships with anyone involved in supporting or carrying out violent attacks during her adult life. People deserve to know more about what groups and leaders she associated with while she fought against the right of a woman to make her own decisions about her future.
Comments
So are you saying that anyone who belongs to a pro-life group or has ever attended a prayer vigil outside a clinic is a "domestic terrorist"?
Or is your point simply that Palin is out of line to suggest that Obama is a "domestic terrorist" because of his associations, and she wouldn't like it if the same standards were applied to her?
If it's the latter, then I agree with you on that point, which McCain has called her on. If it's the former, well, I guess that makes me a "domestic terrorist" too, even though I'm pretty timid by nature and couldn't bomb or shoot anything or anyone on a bet.
I can think of plenty of reasons not to vote for Obama, but his middle name is not one of them, and hammering that point just makes Republicans look bad. Maybe McCain realizes this up to a point but the message doesn't seem to be getting through.
Posted by: Bookworm | October 11, 2008 4:29 PM
and don't forget ties the Palin family has with the Alaskan Independence Party; merry ol bunch of secessionists who hate America.
Posted by: Blevins | October 11, 2008 4:43 PM
Bookworm, we already know that Palin is very active in the pro-life movement. I'd like to know if she has been involved with the specific groups and individuals in the movement that have turned to violence and/or harassing women and doctors.
Has she been associated with the violent Army of God group? Has she just stood quietly outside clinics or has she screamed at and harassed women and doctors as they went in and out? I realize that the movement is not monolithic, like any other movement, and I'd like some questions answered about the nature of her involvement.
Posted by: Will | October 11, 2008 6:08 PM